

VESSEL DOCUMENTATION SEARCH BY NAME FULL
O Full description of vessel including – year, make, model and HIN What to take to the clerk’s office in order to obtain the application if the boat was purchased from an individual:
VESSEL DOCUMENTATION SEARCH BY NAME REGISTRATION
This will include a yellow temporary registration that is valid for 60 days from the date of certification to allow for processing.

Persons who wish to register a boat must complete a certified Application for Boat Certificate of Number, acquired through a Tennessee county clerk's office or from the dealer that sold you the boat. State of principal use means the state on whose waters a vessel is used or to be used most, whether moored or underway, during a calendar year. Exception: Sailboats brought into Tennessee by persons from states that do not require numbering of sailboats are exempt from registration provided that Tennessee is not the state of principal use. Boats that require registration must be properly registered before using them upon any public water of Tennessee.īoats with current registration in other states may use Tennessee waters unless Tennessee has become their state of principal use.

(Boats are not titled in Tennessee.) Mechanical propulsion includes electric trolling motors but does not include boats powered only by oars or paddles. Tennessee law requires that all mechanically powered vessels (including federally documented recreational vessels) and all sailboats which are principally used in Tennessee must be registered. (Note to boat owners: temporary registration allows you to immediately use your boat up to 60 days after you receive your certification) Go to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
